| RefNo | AP/58/3 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Paper, 'On the determination of Verdet's constant' by J E H [James Edward Henry] Gordon |
| Creator | Gordon; James Edward Henry (1852-1893); British electrical engineer |
| Date | 1875 |
| Description | Gordon presents a method for determining Verdet's constant in absolute measure. A note reads 'The whole of this work has been done under Prof [James] Clerk Maxwell's superintendance, he suggested the method and nearly all the details, and any merit which the investigation may have, belongs to him. He is however in no way responsible for any errors there may be in the numerical results.'
Annotations in pencil throughout. Marked on front as 'Archives - superseded by a new version'. Includes four diagrams in the text relating to Gordon's experimental setup.
Subject: Physics / Optics
Received 5 May 1875. Read 17 June 1875. Communicated by James Clerk Maxwell.
A version of this paper was published in volume 167 of Philosophical Transactions as 'On the determination of Verdet’s constant in absolute units'. |
| Extent | 42p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Diagram |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1874.0079 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1877.0001 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8259 | Maxwell; James Clerk (1831 - 1879); physicist | 1831 - 1879 |